What is Multiple Myeloma
Multiple myeloma (also known as MM, myeloma, plasma cell myeloma, or as Kahler's disease after Otto Kahler) is a type of cancer of plasma cells, immune system cells in bone marrow ...
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MM and genetics
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Does anybody have an idea of the connectedness of MM and family history?
I am a farmer, so am in one of the higher risk groups for MM. There is no other MM in my family other than myself, but I'm wondering if my children are at a higher risk of developing this disease. If so, does the increase risk warrant taking any corrective action? Posted on 10/07/09, 04:10 pm |
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■Family history – while most patients have no affected relatives, those with an affected sibling or parent are four times as likely to develop the disease compared to the general population
Avove ripped off City of Hope website Odds are still rather low, might be good to keep on top of annual physicals and blood tests with SPEP Tom 
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I don't know what the odds are but I grew up on a farm but so did my brothers and they don't have mm so far.
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